Re: [gentoo-dev] Guidelines for using slot and sub-slot dependencies

[Michał Górny]

Dnia 2013-10-16, o godz. 15:11:09
hasufell <hasufell@g.o> napisał(a):

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> On 10/16/2013 02:59 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> > -- when in doubt -- ask the maintainer.
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> We should just require maintainers to document what their slots and
> subslots are for in the ebuild.

I agree. However, this particular sentence was referring to packages
that don't have sub-slots yet.

> > 4. You *can not* trust portage's --dynamic-deps anymore.
> >
> > This one is fairly important. In the past, we often assumed that
> > portage will 'update' deps from ebuilds automatically. This is no
> > longer correct if sub-slots are used -- since portage simply can't
> > know which sub-slot of the dependency was used to build the
> > package.
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> so we should always revbump when introducing subslots?

If you want them retroactively, yes. Of course, sometimes you may just
assume users will get them with the next version/revision.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny